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Bird flu in Bengaluru? H5N1 virus detected in Hesaraghatta poultry centre; no need for panic, says Dinesh Gundu Rao

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Bird flu in Bengaluru? H5N1 virus detected in Hesaraghatta poultry centre; no need for panic, says Dinesh Gundu Rao

The area within a 3-km radius of the poultry training centre in Muthkur village has been declared an infected zone, while a 10-km radius has been notified as a surveillance zone. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The detection of H5N1 avian influenza virus at a poultry training centre in Mathkuru village in Hesaraghatta near Bengaluru has…

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Bird flu strain raises alarm as virus kills South American wildlife

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Bird flu strain raises alarm as virus kills South American wildlife

The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread more aggressively than ever before in wild birds and marine mammals since arriving in South America in 2022, raising the risk of it evolving into a bigger threat to humans, according to interviews with eight scientists. Of more immediate concern is evidence the disease, once largely confined…

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